Spectre is Daniel Craig's fourth and last (or so he insists) outing as James Bond. It certainly contains all the usual ingredients for a Bond film (shaken and not stirred), with dinner jackets, gunfire and even an alpine chase scene. The Telegraph's Robbie Collin described it as "a swaggering show of confidence" in his five star review - but did other critics agree?

"Craig, in his fourth outing as 007, gives a double-edged performance, tackling the action and romantic scenes with a boyish relish while trying to convey Bond’s anguish at the death that surrounds him."

Kate Muir, The Times

The fourth outing for Daniel craig as James bond is achingly cool, as sleek and powerful as the silver Aston Martin DB10 that races through the movie."

"Bond is back and Daniel Craig is back in a terrifically exciting, spectacular, almost operatically delirious 007 adventure – endorsing intelligence work as old-fashioned derring-do and incidentally taking a stoutly pro-Snowden line against the creepy voyeur surveillance that undermines the rights of a free individual. It’s pure action mayhem with a real sense of style."

"From the exhilarating pre-credits sequence, against the backdrop of the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico City, to a spectacular denouement in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament, Spectre is a proper joyride of a James Bond film."

"Spectre feels even more like a classic Bond film than previous Craig outings. There's the Alpine chase sequence, the return of the chunky henchman (Dave Bautista as the silent-but-deadly Mr Hinx), and the title agency itself - a villainous relic from the series' past brought to new life."

"Sam Mendes’ second consecutive Bond outing again passes its physical with flying colors: Ricocheting from London to Rome to Morocco across action sequences of deliriously daft extravagance, the pic accumulates a veritable Pompeii of mighty, crumbling structures. What’s missing is the unexpected emotional urgency of “Skyfall,” as the film sustains its predecessor’s nostalgia kick with a less sentimental bent."